Promise check: No cuts to the ABC

Extract from ABC News

Updated Wed at 1:59pmWed 19 Nov 2014, 1:59pm

Video: Tony Abbott promises no cuts to education, health and other areas on the eve of the 2013 federal election (ABC News)

On the eve of the September 2013 election, Tony Abbott promised that there would be no cuts to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation under a Coalition government.

During a live interview with SBS from Penrith football stadium, Mr Abbott said: "No cuts to education, no cuts to health, no change to pensions, no change to the GST and no cuts to the ABC or SBS."